EFFECTS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS ON BUSINESS GROWTH: CASE STUDY OF SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE - SOCIAL SECURITY BANK LTD (SG-SSB) CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Chief Executive Officers and the Board of Directors of most businesses often think about the growth of their businesses. The reason is that when businesses grow‚ they yield the best returns other things being equal. Mergers and acquisitions is one of the
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Master Thesis in Finance Mergers and Acquisitions Shareholder wealth effects of domestic‚ cross-border‚ and cross-continental mergers and acquisitions 26 November 2009 Abstract This study analyses the differences in short-term shareholder wealth effects of domestic‚ cross-border and cross-continental mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Differences between wealth effects of domestic and cross-border M&As are expected since companies in crossborder M&As face differences in the economic environment
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die. Companies that do not grow tend to stagnate and destroy the shareholders fund. The need of the hour is either going for public or opt for some strategic M&A. Going public for a company is changing from private ownership to public ownership through initial public offering. M&A and IPO are considered as a vital part of a healthy economy and are the preferred ways of obtaining growth. The fund raising strategies are governed by market conditions. Generally‚ it is seen that in a bull market the
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Jyoti Yadav Merger and Aqcusition report In 2008‚ Tata Motors acquired British Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)‚ which includes the Daimler and Lanchester brand names After the acquisition of the British Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) business‚ which also includes the Daimler‚ Lanchester and Rover brands‚ Tata Motors became a major player in the international automobile market. On 27 March 2008‚ Tata Motors reached an agreement with Ford to purchase their Jaguar Land Rover operations for US$2.3 billion
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before – MERGER & ACQUISITION of IBM and Pricewaterhouse Consulting 1. WHY – UNDERLYING REASONS FOR THE PROJECT Over the past five years‚ IBM has quietly transformed itself into a "software‚ solution and services" company. With the transformation from a hardware vendor to a solution provider‚ it has entered the area of consulting services. IBM bought PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwCC) in October 2002 and became the world’s largest technology services company‚ with annual revenue of $40
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University Module 5- SLP FIN501 Dr. Glenn Tenney Net present Value‚ Mergers and acquisitions When brainstorming on the possible ideas of mergers or acquisitions it was easy at first to automatically think similar corporations within the same market either small or big or even in direct competition. Upon researching and reviewing the required readings I realized there are numerous types of mergers and acquisitions that could and should be considered in the terms of better business for my
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- 1 - Financial Statement Analysis in Mergers and Acquisitions Howard E. Johnson‚ MBA‚ CA‚ CMA‚ CBV‚ CPA‚ CFA Campbell Valuation Partners Limited Overview Financial statement analysis is fundamental to a corporate acquirer’s assessment of an acquisition or merger candidate. As part of its due diligence investigation‚ a corporate acquirer typically analyzes the current and prospective financial statements of a target company. This analysis is used in estimating the ‘value’ of the shares or
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others Immediately pulled him down and gave him a good beating. The new monkey learned quickly‚ and enthusiastically Joined in In beating the next new recruit. One by one‚ the five original monkeys were replaced. Although none of the new group knew why‚ no monkey was ever allowed to climb the ladder. Like the monkeys in the experiment‚ every culture and organization has its unwritten rules. These rules are probably the single most influential factor on the work environment and employee happiness
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Lakshmi Mittal Biography: Lakshmi Mittal Profile Lakshmi Mittal Born on 15th June 1950 in Sadulpur village‚ in the Churu district of Rajasthan‚ India. He is the CEO and founder of and has been the chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal since the merge. He also serves as a non-executive director of Goldman Sachs‚ EADS and ICICI Bank and is presently the vice chairman of the World Steel Association. Mittal has grown the family business into one of the largest steel companies in the world‚ with steel making
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CASE STUDY ARCELOR-MITTAL MERGER: CHALLENGING INTEGRATION OF TWO STEEL GIANTS’ ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITIES Preamble In the aftermath of one of this century’s most remarkable mergers‚ we find two different cultures‚ two different worlds‚ thrown into one of history’s largest corporate integrations. On the one hand‚ there is Mittal Steel - the largest producer of steel in terms of volume. Despite the fact that Mittal steel is based in Netherlands‚ it is perceived that the company is non-European because
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